Videos of the Week

Here are the latest videos that are making me do a double-take:



A fan made video of a new song from Sufjan Stevens. I really love the lyrics to this song.

"And I would say I love you
But saying it out loud is hard
So I won't say it at all
And I won't stay very long

But you are life I needed all along
I think of you as my brother
Although that sounds dumb

And words are futile devices"



Live performance from Antony & The Johnsons. Swanlights is not my favorite album of theirs, but there are such moments of beauty on it, I can't outright dismiss it.



I dare you to watch this video and not smile.



You cannot pigeonhole James Blake. Earlier this year, he released a lovely IDM cd that seemed to indicate a brilliant new electronic producer on our hands, and then he releases another EP that is all piano based songs. including this cover of a Feist song. I have no idea what he will do next, but I eagerly anticipate it.



Another video from Antony & The Johnsons. This is for my favorite song of the new album. Haunting and beautiful.



I have been really getting into the witch-house genre, which is a really stupid name for a type of music. It basically marries frenetic hip-hop beats with goth/shoegaze textures. Improbably it works. Salem are one of the stars of the genre, and this track sounds like Elizabeth Fraser went to bed with My Bloody Valentine and DJ Screw.



Robyn performing on Swedish television.



The extremely dark Banksy created opening to The Simpsons. Apparently, it was even darker at one point.